✧ — passionfruit green tea.

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[oversea]

[ thorns does not think he'll ever see these people again. ]

I don't think we have time to say it to everyone, Elyisum.

[transmit]

I only expect you to say it to her. Where did everyone come from?

[ he plays favourites so bad sorry to everyone else ]

[oversea]

[ help

he just gestures ahead. elysium can find reirin. ]

[transmit]

[ ?

he drags thorns along. ]

You have to come with me.

[ they will spend every last second together including this… ]

[oversea]

[ help. sadly this also makes him doki but he might be easier to woo at the moment considering they may never see each other again.

he goes along with the tug. ]

Any idea where she may be?

[transmit]

[ why is thorns so cute

he also dokis when thorns doesn't show resistance. we are going to hit like 500 comments on this before they finally decide to leave. ]

I imagine she'll be caught up in farewells… and this would be the best area for it.

[ looks around. points. ]

There she is! Reirin—!!

[oversea]

[ ah...

they can approach. she immediately greets them animatedly... i refuse to to her but she is being her usual weirdo self.

thorns watches them interact. it's cute. he asks her about bugs. ]

[transmit]

[ cuter is watching thorns interact with her because of how fucking awkward he is

they can say their farewells which will be incredibly emotional… elysium probably gets teary. ]

… Wasn't that nice?

[oversea]

She concerns me.

[ she is... such a weird child, but thorns is sure she'll be fine. ]

Anyone else?

[transmit]

If she concerns you, you should probably worry about yourself.

[ please don't ask how they ended up in the same bucket. ]

… But no, just her. [ … ] It looks like they caught Nene. Did you seriously make them take responsibility for your responsibility…?

[oversea]

No one asked them to do that.

[ he says this but he is the one who left nene alone. ]

... But I guess it says something that they immediately went after it.

[transmit]

You just started parenthood. [ the other him did, at least. ] How could you leave your child in an unfamiliar place?

[oversea]

They should be going to Nene for advice on how to get around.

[ nene is so smart and cool.

... ]

Shall we?

[transmit]

[ no…… ]

I guess.

[ he defers to thorns' grip strength on whether they're actually pdaing in front of themselves, like they weren't just kissing. ]

After you.

[oversea]

[ his grip strength is... normal. not as tight as it could be, but not loose enough for it to seem accidental. in the end, he is torn on the idea of how much he wants to influence them.

but they can approach. the other thorns pauses, looking over at them. his gaze drops down to their hands, but that only lasts a second.

...



regular thorns is waiting for elysium to say something first. ]

[transmit]

[ other thorns has been living a great life according to the mods and they have yaoi-ly stared at each other enough times in dreams that elysium wonders if it constitutes as cheating or leading on.

in the end, it is other elysium who says something first and asks why everyone is so awkward. they've all known each other for years? technically? he holds up nene who sticks its tongue out in agreement—then sees their hands and nearly drops them in surprise. instinctively—regular elysium drops thorns' hands to try and catch nene…

okay. ]

[oversea]

[ this is truly so awkward. going by elysium's timeline... the other him should not be aware of any feelings? what is this going to do. ]

Careful. Nene holds grudges.

[transmit]

[ okay, well, hand-holding is apparently nothing to baby thorns so not much should change. he was holding hands from week one. fortunately, elysium being able to put one and one together is not his problem, so he just properly extracts nene to put him back into his proper owner's hands. ]

… I don't think either of us would've gotten this far alone. But we should get going, I think.

[oversea]

[ this is getting harder by the second.

he wants to reach for elysium's hand again, but the doesn't seek it out. the more they cling to each other the more they're going to prolong this, and he knows that will just make it worse later. ]

Good luck on your journeys.

[transmit]

[ there is something about being intensely judged by your other self that makes this deeply uncomfortable. he is being bullied by himself? why. the way his feather is probably just out there on thorns' chest.

… ]

Buen camino. [ at the very least, he can send thorns off with a smile. ] We'll meet each other again.

[ he takes the first step with the other thorns so his thorns won't have to. and just like that, the two of them fade away, leaving just thorns and an elysium who's now staring at him intensely. ]

[oversea]

[ this is so fucking awkward he's going to die.

he stares at the spot the two disappeared from for a moment longer before turning his attention fully on the elysium that's left.

he supposes he needs to start referring to him as his now, instead of the other one. ]

Us, too. You need to get back to Rhodes.

[transmit]

[ okay…

his gaze drops to feather. maybe he hadn't made himself obvious enough. supposes is so mean.

…

but he's less mean than thorns, so he eventually tears his gaze away. ]

Already thinking of sending me back after we just reunited?

[oversea]

I'm not sure what you were doing before all of this...

[ rhodes hasn't exploded yet, but thorns doesn't know if elysium was immediately busy after he left the ship to go back home or not.

the way he can't even tuck the feather under his shirt because IT DIPS SO FUCKIN LOW!!!!!!! ]

[transmit]

[ it probably tickles whenever it brushes his skin, too…

thorns isn't just going to take it off, is he? 🥺 ]

I was in the middle of a book signing. [ … ] It sounded like the other you didn't even know about it.

Did you have fun?

[oversea]

They aren't as caught up.

[ and thorns... isn't sure if fun is the right word to use here. enough horrible things occurred that it, if one were to think about the experience from a neutral point of view, would have been better if it never occurred.

but thorns can't say that either, since he wouldn't agree with it. ]

... It was interesting.